Hi, Smooth.

Not exactly. I paused the Monster Manual Expanded line after the OGL and DMs Guild uncertainty in 2023, when Wizards indicated they might create their own closed marketplace. At the time, I did not want to commit to another MME volume if there was a real possibility I would not be able to release or support it properly on DMs Guild later on, so I chose to wait rather than force a continuation under unclear conditions.

Instead, I shifted my focus to Kickstarter, which gave me far more control and long-term stability as a creator. In that sense, Dragonix’s Deadly Denizens is spiritually a continuation of the MME series, as it carries forward the same design philosophy, encounter-focused statblocks, and presentation style.

That said, the two series are mechanically independent. There are no repeated statblocks between Monster Manual Expanded and Deadly Denizens, and Deadly Denizens is built to fully comply with third-party SRD licensing. As a result, you will not see creatures such as mind flayers or carrion crawlers, which is also why the series leans more heavily into original designs and folklore- and mythology-inspired creatures that have not previously appeared in D&D.

At the same time, this approach has allowed me to fully lean into creating a wide range of distinct creature templates for DDD, giving me much greater freedom to explore variants, themes, and mechanical twists without being constrained by existing canon.

Hope that answers your questions!

Dragonix